We invited school age patrons to bring their dolls with them and several did. For those not lucky enough to afford such a doll, we offered a copyright free paper doll printed on card stock to decorate with colored pencils and fabric scraps. Even those who brought a doll had fun making a paper version, and I was glad I included some boy dolls as we had maybe half a dozen young men join us.
We displayed nonfiction titles that patrons might not be as familiar with and for once, books were actually checked out as a direct result of a program! We borrowed a couple dolls from staff to display. One was even a retired girl, so it was fun for everyone to see. Running on our projector was a slide show adapted from the American Girl website, with an illustration and fun facts about each of the characters. It was fun to hear attendees get excited when their doll came up.
We put out hand mirrors and hair elastics along with a couple simple hairstyle tutorials from the American Girl magazine. Some girls did their friend's hair, some did their doll's hair, and others had mom help do their own hair.
I was worried there wasn't enough to do, but we had about 70 people and they stayed between 20 and 60 minutes. Success!
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